The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-06-12
HUSHING THE TEMPEST.
Or. TALMAGE'S SERMON At THE
BROOKLYN TABERNACLE.

of the Late kev. John Livingston
BROOKLYN, June 5.-The Rev. T. De Witt
Talmage, D. d., preached in the Tabernacle
this morning a sermon entitled The
Tempest" Service began with the exposi-
ton of appropriate passages of Scripture, af-
ter which the great congregation sang the
hymn:
Heaven is my fatherland,
Heaven l. my home"
The text was Mark iv, $3.50, describing
Christ shilling the tempest he said:
Tiberias, Galilee, Gennesaret-three names
for the same lake. No other gem ever had 50
beautiful setting. 1t lay in a scene of great
luxuriance; the surrounding hills high, ter
raced, stopped, grovesi, many hanging gar
dens of beauty, the waters rumbliDg down
between rocks of gray and red limestone,
flashing from the hills and bounding into the
sea Ol' tine shore We're castles armed towers
| Roman baths, everything attractive and
beautiful, all styles of vegetation in shorter
/ space than in almost any other space in all
| the world, from the palm tree of the forest Z,
the trees OF rigorous climate.
IL seemed "a if the Lord had launched one
| wave of beauty on ali the scene, and il hung
and swung from rock and hill ani oleandeF
\ Roman gentlemen in pleasure boats sailing
/ the lake, and cOuntrymen in fish sruacks com
ing down TO drop their nets, pass each other
with nod and shout and laughter, or swinging
idly at thea. nloorings. Oh, what a wonder
/ full, what "A beautiful lake,
1t seems ii we shall have a Quiet night
| Not leaf winIsed in the air; not a ripple dis
turbed the face of Gennesaret; but there
| seems To be IA little excitement up the beach,
| and We hasten 10 what il is and we find il
an emlarkation.
From TIE western shore "a fiotllla push
ing out, not squadron or deadly arina-
az
| nor plIatic vessels ready to destroy every
thing they could seize, but flotilla bearing
MESSENGERS of life and light and peace
| Christ Is III the front Of the boat. His dis
ciples are i'll smaller boat Jesus, weary
with much speaking TO large plul,itudes. i
put into somnolence by the rocking Of the
waves Ii there was any motion at all the
ship WAS easily righted; if the wind passed
| from starbOaI1 to larbOard, or from Iarboard
to staI board, the boat would rock and by the
gentle!Ie>s of the motion putting the Master
asleep. And they extemporlzed pillow made
out of II iishermans coat. / think no sooner
Is Christ prostraie, and his bead touched the
| pillow, than he Is sound asleep The breezes
of the lake run their fingers through the locks
OF tlia worn sleeper, and the boat rises and
falls Lie a Stepping child on the bosom of a
slce,1iaS mother.
Calm night, starry night, beautiful nil.ht
Run up all the sails, ply all the oars, and let the
large boat and the small boat glide over
gentle Gennesaret. But the sailors say there
Is going TO be a change of weather Aud
even the passengers can hear the moaning Of
the storm. as it comes on with great stride
and all the rerrors of hurricane and darkness.
The large boat trembles like a deer at Bay
among the clangor of the hounds; great
patches # foam flung into the air; the
sails q the vessel loosen, and the sharp winds
crack like pistols; the smaller boats, like De
treis, pojse on the cliff OF the waves and then
plunge.
Overheard 60 cargo, tackling aud masts
and the drenched disciples rush into the lack
part Of the boat, and lay hold of Christ, and
| say unto him: Master carast thou no,
that ncrish:' That great parsonage lift
his heal from the pillow of the fisherman,
coat, walks to the front of the vessel, AND
looks out into the storm. All around him
are the smaller boats, driven in the tempest
and through it comes the cry of drowning
men. BY tie fash of the lightning see the
calm brow of Christ the spray dropped
from his heard. He has one word for the
sky and another for the waves. Looking up
ward he cries: Peace" Looking down
ward he says: BE still"
The waves fall fiat on their faces, the foam
melts, tie extinguished stars relight their
torches Tbe tempest falls dead, and Chris,
| stands with his feet ON the neck OF the storm.
| And while the sailors bailing out the
boats and while they are trying To untangle
the cortlage the disciples stand i'll amazement
now looking into tie calm sea, then into the
| calm sky then into the calm Saviour's coun-
tenance and they cry out: What manner
| of man is this, that even the winds and the
sea obey hm."
| The subject in the first place impresses me
with the facr that it is very important &c
have Christ with the ship; for all those boats
would have gone TO the bottom of Gennesare,
ii Christ had not been present. Oh, what a
lesson for you and for me to learnt We
must always have Christ in the ship. What
ever voyage we undertake, into whatever ell
terprise we start, let US always have Christ in
, the ship. Many of you in these days of re
vived commerce are starting out in new
financial enterprises. bid you good cheer.
Do all you can do. Do it on as high a plane
as possible. You have no right to be a stoker
| in the ship if yea can be admiral Of the
, navy You have no right to be a colonel OF
a regiment If you can command "A brigade
| YOU have no right TO be engineer of boat on
| river banks or near the coast if you can take
| the ocean steamer from New York TO Liver
J | pool All you can do with utmost tension OF
? | body mind and soul, you are bound to do
| but oh, have Chris. in every enterprise
: | Christ in every voyage, Christ in every ship
There are men here who ask God to hel[
them at the start of great enterprises. III,
has been with them in the past; no troubl,
| can overthrow them; the storms might come
!, | down from the top of Mount Hermon and
| lash Gennesaret into foam and into agony
a | but il could not hurt them.
: But here il another man who starts out il
: | worldly enterprise and he depends upon thu
| uncertainties of this lie. He has no God u
. | help him After while the storm comes ani
| tosses off the masts of the ship; he puts GU
: | his lifeIuat and the long boat; the sheriff anS
Z the auctioneer try TO help him off; they can
| help him off; he must so down; no Christ il
! the ship Here are young men just starting
n | out in life Your life will be made up of sun
\ | shine aud shadow. There may be in il arc
r tic blasts or tropical tornadoes; | know no
e | what is before you. but know if you hav
v Christ with you all shall be well
i You may seem to get along without the re
4 | liyion of Christ while everything goe
Q smoothly, but after awhile, when sorrow
2 hovers over the soul, when the waves of tria
= | dash clear over the hurricane deck and TIA
Q decks are crowded with piratical disasters
o oh, what wouli you do then withou
d Christ in the ship. Young man. take Go
d Cor your portion, God for your guide, God 70
|, your heip-then all is well; all is well 70
9 time; all shall be well forever. Blessed - tina
= man who puts i'm the Lord his trust. He sha
i never be confounded.
y But my subject also impresses me with III
. fact that when people start to follow Chris
they must IIot expect smooth sailing.
These disciples got into the small boats, an
> l have no doubt they said: Nv hat "A beautifl
day this is, What a smooth sen, What
9 bright sky this H. How delightful Is sailin
y in this boat! and as for the waves under q
keel of the boat, why, they only make Il
= motion of our little boat the more delightful